Historical Context
Readings
Meek's Cutoff
Western Movies
Paul Dano Special
100

Meek's Cutoff is a wagon trail off of which famous American trail?

What is the Oregon Trail

100

In what year does Meek's Cutoff take place? 

What is 1845?

100

Johnny Depp voices the titular lizard in this animated children's western film 

What is Rango?

100

Paul Dano plays the villain in this 2022 superhero movie

What is The Batman?

200

Paul Dano's character carves this word on the side of a log at the beginning of the film 

What is LOST?
200

Jamie Foxx plays a former slave in this revisionist western

What is Django Unchained

200

Paul Dano plays the villain in this 2019 thriller about the disappearance of two daughters

What is Prisoners?

300

This southern state, which borders Mexico, became the 29th state of the United States in 1845. This ultimately led to the Mexican-American War

What is Texas?

300

In the final film of this famous trilogy, we see our characters stuck in the Old West of 1885, trying to return to 1985 through their broken-down time machine. 

What is Back to the Future Part 3?

300

Paul Dano plays a slave owner in this multiple Oscar award winning 2013 film

What is 12 Years a Slave

400
This Native American woman guided Lewis and Clark in their expedition across the Western United States

Who is Sacagawea?

400

The Native American captured in the film is from which Native American tribe?

What is the Cayuse Tribe?

400

Paul Dano replaces Kev O'Neill as Pastor Eli Sunday in this famous 2007 Western Thriller also starring Daniel Day-Lewis 

What is There Will Be Blood?

500

Who are the authors of chapters 1, 8, and 19 of Luca and Jorge's collection of essays titled, "Slow Cinema"

Who are Lúcia Nagib, Elena Gorfinkel, and Asbjørn Grønstad

500

Meek states that women and men embody these two concepts, respectively

What are chaos and destruction?


500

Paul Dano's character takes a vow of silence in this 2006 comedy/drama

What is Little Miss Sunshine?

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